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Bypass the middleman?
I'm starting my daughter on collecting world coins, because she thinks
they look neat and because it will involve her in learning about the world. We've bought a few small lots from people on Ebay. That was OK initially, but it seems to be relatively expensive given the quality of the coins we got. When I was a kid we used to go to the bank and buy rolls of coins to search, and I was thinking I'd like to do something similar with my daughter. I've seen auctions on ebay for bulk coins collected by the Bundesbank as part of their Euro conversion: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=54 4&rd=1 The seller mentions that full bags are available and I asked them about it. He wants $130/bag, delivered from Germany. While that may or may not be a good price, I figure that he's ordering them from somewhere and that I could save a non-trivial amount by ordering directly. I surfed the web and the Bundesbank web site looking for a place to order, but came up dry. Does anybody have information on where I could order directly? The same seller also offers bulk paper money: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=21990688 27 Again, I am wondering if anybody out there has a direct line to the supplier that I could use to buy direct. We'd be using these purchases to put together a survey-style collection. If/when my daughter develops specific interests I could see us targeting individual coin auctions to build the collection in that area. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -- - Joe (To respond directly, remove the 'deleteme' from my address) |
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"Joe Gugliemino" wrote in message ... I'm starting my daughter on collecting world coins, because she thinks they look neat and because it will involve her in learning about the world. We've bought a few small lots from people on Ebay. That was OK initially, but it seems to be relatively expensive given the quality of the coins we got. When I was a kid we used to go to the bank and buy rolls of coins to search, and I was thinking I'd like to do something similar with my daughter. I've seen auctions on ebay for bulk coins collected by the Bundesbank as part of their Euro conversion: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=54 4&rd=1 The seller mentions that full bags are available and I asked them about it. He wants $130/bag, delivered from Germany. While that may or may not be a good price, I figure that he's ordering them from somewhere and that I could save a non-trivial amount by ordering directly. I surfed the web and the Bundesbank web site looking for a place to order, but came up dry. Does anybody have information on where I could order directly? The same seller also offers bulk paper money: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=21990688 27 Again, I am wondering if anybody out there has a direct line to the supplier that I could use to buy direct. We'd be using these purchases to put together a survey-style collection. If/when my daughter develops specific interests I could see us targeting individual coin auctions to build the collection in that area. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -- - Joe I have wondered the same myself. Looking forward to an answer if you get one. Dale |
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Joe Gugliemino wrote:
I'm starting my daughter on collecting world coins, because she thinks they look neat and because it will involve her in learning about the world. We've bought a few small lots from people on Ebay. That was OK initially, but it seems to be relatively expensive given the quality of the coins we got. When I was a kid we used to go to the bank and buy rolls of coins to search, and I was thinking I'd like to do something similar with my daughter. I've seen auctions on ebay for bulk coins collected by the Bundesbank as part of their Euro conversion: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=54 4&rd=1 The seller mentions that full bags are available and I asked them about it. He wants $130/bag, delivered from Germany. While that may or may not be a good price, I figure that he's ordering them from somewhere and that I could save a non-trivial amount by ordering directly. I surfed the web and the Bundesbank web site looking for a place to order, but came up dry. Does anybody have information on where I could order directly? The same seller also offers bulk paper money: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=21990688 27 Again, I am wondering if anybody out there has a direct line to the supplier that I could use to buy direct. We'd be using these purchases to put together a survey-style collection. If/when my daughter develops specific interests I could see us targeting individual coin auctions to build the collection in that area. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I would contact your local dealer. The one I go to has bags of world coins for $?? per pound in 5 or 10 lb bags. I can assure you there are on Silver crowns or gold coins but there is a good assortment of stuff. Here in AZ it will probably be 50%+ mexican as we are so close to the border but there is still a good assortment. The dealers get them when they buy a collection from whomever and after going thru the good stuff it goes in the junk box or in the per pound bag. Sometimes they will also have some reasonably priced bigger, better stuff to sell too. -- George D Phoenix, AZ AAA, AARP, ANA, NRA, RCC ?+1, PIA, PIAAZ, GATF 85006-3032-18-4 "A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one. The grandson asked him, Which wolf will win the fight in your heart? The grandfather answered, The one I feed." Please use this address to mail me. Or remove the arizona in the link. Remember there is no Arizona. ALL emails incoming and outgoing are run thru Norton and AVG anti virus. |
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